ROCU Financial Intelligence Officer - SIDT

Are you a highly analytical and driven individual with a keen eye for financial detail, passionate about combating economic crime? The Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU) are seeking a dedicated Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) Intelligence Officer to join our dynamic Regional Economic Crime Unit.

You will lead the development of new initiatives with regional capabilities, ensuring the maximisation of financial intelligence utilisation and consideration in investigations at both regional and local levels. Collaborating closely from within the Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU), you will significantly enhance the coverage and understanding of financial intelligence, proactively identifying, analysing, and disseminating relevant intelligence to add substantial value to intelligence packages and ongoing investigations. A key aspect of your role will be to identify and action opportunities to disrupt Serious and Organised Crime from a crucial financial perspective across the West Midlands region.

The role is part of the national SARS Intelligence Development Team (SIDT) and will work within the Regional Organised Crime Unit, responsible to the Detective Sergeant on DART (Regional Development and Review Team).

The ROCU is a collaborative working environment between Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Mercia, and West Midlands Police.  The aim of the ROCU is to reduce the impact and increase the disruption of serious and organised crime within the region and beyond. We target those areas of criminality we believe pose the greatest regional threats to the people and businesses of the area we cover. Working alongside other UK law enforcement agencies and many other partners from both private and public sectors, the ROCU will directly influence the capabilities of these groups, stifling and reducing their criminal activity.

Specific Role Responsibilities:

• Must be an experienced accredited financial intelligence officer or willing to work to obtain this qualification
• Must have an awareness and understanding of the handling of SARS intelligence (Suspicious Activity Reports). 
• Promote and give direction to the WM Region in respect of the use of financial investigations as a pro-active tool in the fight against crime.
• To have carried out intelligence development or investigations using financial intelligence data 
• Strong organisation and project management skills Knowledge 
• Must have a good working knowledge of the intelligence function as a whole. 
• Must be able to maintain a high level of integrity, discretion and confidentiality when dealing with information of a sensitive nature.
• Must have the ability to work under pressure to specific deadlines, managing a workload of competing demands while exhibiting both adaptability and flexibility.
• Must be able to work methodically and logically with an enquiring and analytical mind.
• Must possess effective written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work with people at all levels.
• Must be computer literate and proficient in Microsoft applications. 
• Must be able to undertake independent research and to produce findings, either orally or written, in a coherent and systematic format, identifying what is important within those findings and ensuring that it is prioritised 
• May involve taking and/or advising on appropriate action within remit 
• Plan and organise allocated own work 
• Co-ordinate with other team members 
• Contribute to departmental subject/functional/unit plan 
• May monitor and allocate workload and monitor performance
• To undertake research on legislation/ complex/ sensitive/ contentious specific subject matters
• Utilise all available intelligence including that of a financial nature to develop and prepare appropriate financial profiles in consultation with other members of RECU to identify suitable intervention and disruption opportunities.
• To undertake any other duties as directed by the Detective Inspector – Regional Economic Crime Unit.

Additional Information:  For more information please contact DI Jon GREEN, or Senior Financial Investigation Manager Jonathan Jones

Hours: Predominantly Monday to Friday 8-4, but there may be a requirement to work beyond these core hours.

Vetting: Successful applicants will be required to pass Management Vetting and Security Clearance scrutiny prior to commencing their role, this will include a full background & financial disclosure as part of the vetting process.

Medical: Appointment to this role will be dependent upon successfully medical checks, which may include a drugs test and if required a fitness test.

Probationary Policy:

Under the Probation Policy, if you are currently in your probation period, “during your probationary period you will not be permitted to apply for alternative police staff roles within the Force unless there are exceptional circumstances. In such cases, you would require the support of your line manager prior to applying for alternative roles, and if successful, your probationary period will start over.”- Policies - Probation Period (Police Staff) (wmpad.local)

The Regional Organised Crime Unit for the West Midlands region is a Disability Confident Leader – the highest level an organisation can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions.

As part of our commitment we operate a ‘Disability Confident Interview Scheme’ – all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview.

It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the essential criteria for the job. For example: in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. In these circumstances, the employer could select the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job, as they would do for non-disabled applicants.

“Diversity and Inclusion Vision:  Maximise the potential of people from all backgrounds through a culture of fairness and inclusion to deliver the best service for our communities”

West Midlands Police is the second-largest police force in the country, serving the three major cities of Birmingham, Coventry, and Wolverhampton, alongside the districts of Sandwell, Walsall, Solihull, and Dudley.

 Against this backdrop, the force handles more than 2,000 emergency calls every day, while patrolling the streets and responding to incidents 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We have made significant improvements in reducing overall crime, improving call response times, and increasing arrest rates. This work can only continue with the right people, therefore as an employer of choice, we are looking for the right people who can serve and protect our communities.